Prince Albert, Saskatchewan - The discovery of a footprint a third of
a metre in length has members of a Saskatchewan reserve looking for signs
of a creature steeped in aboriginal legend, and wondering if it is tied
to the disappearance of a bull.

The prints were spotted July 26 on the Beardy's and Okemasis First Nation
by Janet Gamble.

"When I noticed the footprint, I looked around to see it again, and
stepped all over another print," Gamble said.

She and her husband Dennis contacted the RCMP, the Univeristy of Saskatchewan.

"The RCMP told us they couldn't do too much else (unless) something
serious happened like a mutilation," said Dennis.

"The anthropolgy department didn't seem very much interested," he added.
Archie Baptiste of the Red Pheasant reserve told them it was caused by
mistysen.

Baptiste said mistysen, which translates to big man or big person, are
legendary creatures which do not go near people.